Method and apparatus for printing



METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING HUGS Filed Dec. 1926 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR ATTORN Y than have heretofore been used: in such rugs, without lncreasing the size ot the Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

GEORGE rnIroLn; or SOMERVIL'LE," NEW JERSEY. f

METHOD ANn-nPPARATUsroR ritmrmeanesfi- Application filed December}, 192 swarm. 151,349;

This invention relates to improved method and apparatus torprinting rugs, an d particularly rugs made from floorcovering' in strip form.

The object. of the invention isto' prii nt more,complicated and attractive des gns printing machine used.

In making rugs from' fioor covering made in the strip, such as Oll cloth, linoleum and the like, it is customary to pass a continucolors and are timed so as toprint on'succc'ssivezones of the strip to produce the required design. The strip is thereafter cut into rugs. V

As such rugs are ordinarily provided with borders, including end. borders extending across the strip and side borders extending part of the rug.

along the edges of the strip, two sorts of printing blocks are provided. These include end-borderblocks, of which one ortwo are provided for each color used in the end' lDQljHlOlS, and side-border ancbfield blocks which print sections both of the side borders and of the middle portions or fields of the rugs. Since the side borders of each rug usually correspond with its endborders, one side-border-and-field block is provided for each of the colors used in the end. borders. When a considerable numberiof colors are so used, it is impractical to provide additional blocks, and, for this reason, it is necessary to print the middle portion ,of each rug with the samecolors asthosewhich are used in its border. -This constitutesa serious limitation which materially detracts from the beauty of such rugs, since correct principles of design require the" use inthe borders of colors different fronn'and usually more strikingthan, those used in the middle By means ofthe presentinvention, I am able to produce rugs having their fields and borders printed in ditiere'ntcolors without increasing the number of printing blocks which must be used, and consequently Without increasing the size of the printing machine used. In this way, I have for the first time made it possible, as a practical matter, to print rugs with correct and attractive designs requiringthe use of differ ent colors in the fields *oiithe ugs fiO I Q usedintheir borders. e p y In order that 'the'invention may be clearly "understood," I will describe methods of apply ng it"to theprinting of two simplerug designs using only a few colors. 'Thesejillustrations will serve'to indicate r01 tlioseskilled inthe art the manner in which the invention maybe applied in printingrug designs using" a largenumber of colors. I will describe also a block printingh'nachine. embo'dyingthe ous strip of the material ,th rougha block. printing machine containing printing blocks I which are supplied with paints of different drawings, in "which Fig." 1' illustrates a rug design printed, by

means of e the invention;

v Figs. 2, 3,'4,, and 7 are inverted plan views 01" the printing, blocks usedin' printing the design'shown in Fig. 1

Fig; 8 hows another rug design jprinted in accordancewithjthe invention;

Figs. 9, 10,11,12 Band 14areinverted plan views of the printing'blocks usedin printing the design shown in Fig 8;and

Fig.1!) is afplan viewof a conventional block printing machine modified in accordance with the invention for printing'the designs shown in Figs. 1 andS. v

The rug shown in Fig. l has a border containing two colors and a field containing two difi'erent colors. It isprinted from, only six blocks. "There are four'end -borde r blocks of so. i

which two, 1, 2, are used'in' printingthe leftend border of each rug, and the othertwo, 3,4 in printing the rightsendbordersf The block I has raised portions providing spaced figures 1, 1 1 'The'block 2 hasj a raised. portion providing a single,figure'fl idapted to register with the figures 1 ,1", 1. The blocks 3, 4, have: figures 33 ,4, PA corresponding to those ofthe blocks i2. There are two side-horder-and-field block s fi', 6,.' The block 5 is. provided. with side-border. figures 5, 5 5, similar to the end bord'er figures 1 1 1, and also with field figures .15 which are spaced inwardfrom the side-borderfig ures. The block Bisv provided with, sideborder figures 6? similar to the endborder figure 2 and adapted to register withfthe side-border figures 5*, 5,5, and alsoa field figure 6 which is spaced from'the-side V border figures 6 and is adap ed to register its) themiddle figures of the blocks and 6 are with the field figures 5. It should be noted that the spaces 5 which separate the sideborder figures and the field figure of'the block 5 are located at a different distance from the center of the block than are the spaces 6 which separate the side-border figures and field figureof the block 6.

' In printing the rug design shown in Fig.

1, different colored paints are supplied to the two left-end border blocks 1 and 2, and registering impressions of these blocks are made in spaced zones of the strip of floor covering, for example, in'the zone A shown in Fig. 1. The right-end border blocks Sand 4 are supplied with paints of the same two colors as the blocks 1 and2, and registering impressions .are made from these blocks in spaced zones, for example, in the zone G shown in- Fig. 1. The outer-end portionsofthe blocks 5 and 6 containing the side-border figures 5 I spaced from the end figures thereof prevents any mixing of the colors supplied to the end and middle figures of each block. The spacing of the figures, however, causes no blank spaces in the rug, owing to the fact that the figures 5 of the block 5 cover the spaces 6 in the impression'of the block'6, while the end portions of the figure 6" of the block 6 cover the spaces 5" of the impressions of the block 5. The result is to produce a bordered rug having'its entire sur face covered with paint and having a field containing difierent colors from those used in its border. 1 I

The rug shown in Fig. 8 has aborder of one color, end-border figures and a center figure of another color, and field figures of a third color. This rugmay best be printed by a method embodying'not only the presentinvention but also the invention described in my co-pending application, Serial No. 124,57 2, filed July 24:, 1926.

Only six blocks are required to print this rug. The block 7 has two raised figures 7,

which are spaced 'from the center of the block, and also from its outer edge. The block 8 has two side-borderfigures 8 and a central figure 8 spaced from the side-border figures, and adapted to form both an end border figure and a center figure in the rug. The block 9 has two side-border figures 9 similar to the side-border figures 8, and field figures 9 spaced inwardly from the sideborder figures. The block 10 has figures 10 adapted to fill in the spaces left by registering impressions of the figures of the blocks 7 and 8. The block 11 has a raised figure 11 adapted to register with the figures 9 and 9 of the block 9. The block 12 has a figure 12 adapted to register with the figures 8 and 8 of the block 8.

In printing the rug shown in Fig. 8 from the blocks which have been described, the middle portion of the block 8 and end portions thereof are supplied with paints of different colors. The block 7 is supplied with paint of the same color as that supplied tothe end portions of the block 8. The block 10 is supplied with paint of a color suitable for a background, such as white or grey.

Registering impressions of the blocks 7, 8 and 10 are made in each fourth zone of the strip, for example, the zones A and AA shown in Fig. 8. The impressions from these three blocks completely cover the surfaces of these zones.

Another impression of the block 8 is made on the zones midway between those in which the three blocks are impressed, for example, on the zone C shown in Fig. 8. An impres- 'sion of the block 12, supplied with the same background color as the block 10, is made in register with the impression of the block 8 supplied with another color not used elsewhere. "Registering impressions of the block 9 and the block 11, which is supplied with the same background color as the blocks 10 and 12, are made on alternate zones of the strip for example, on thezones B and D of Fig. 8.

It will be noted that the background blocks 11 and 12 fill in the spaces between the differently colored figures in the impressions of the blocks 9 and 10 on the zones B, C and I), while the background block 10 and the end-border block 7 fill in the spaces between the differently colored figures in the impressions of the block 8 upon the zones A and AA. The result is that the surface of the rug is completely covered with paint, while the rug design having a border of one color, end-border figures and a centerfigure of another color, and field figures of a third color has been printed with the use of only three blocks, in addition to the background blocks. The two specific methods which have been described may be carried out by means of the block printing machine shown in Fig. 15.

This machine has the usual frame 20 carrying a long table 21 for supporting the strip of floor covering to be printed. Belts 22 extending along the side edges of the my PatentlNo. 1,145,794, which may be set so as to'hold -the carrier with which the latch co-operatesout .of operation forany desired length of time. Paint carriages Y -Y are mountedfor reciprocatory movement in directions longitudinal vof the'table top and-strip. Theusual movingmeans 31, 32 areprovided for causing such reciprocatory movement of the carriages while the blocks are in their r'aisedposition. Each carriagesis provided iwith a trough 30yextending across the. table top,- and in each trough isujournaled a shaft 33. On the shafts 33 of the carriages Y Y Y Yv are mounted roller-a3 1, which. extend substantiallythe whole. length of the troughs of theseQcarriages, dip in the painti in, the carriages, and serve to apply it to one of the blocks when the carriage is passed under the .bloclL On th e shaft33 of the carriage Y is mounted a longitudinally divided roller consisting of.th ree1spaced sections 35*, 35 35. A similar divided roller 36 is mounted on the shaft of the carriage Y. The troughs 30 of the carriages Y and Y are each divided into three parts by partitions 37, 38 positioned at the division points of the divided rollers. Each partition contains a recess in its upper edge to permit passage of the shaft 33. The partitions 37 are out of line with the partitions 38, so that the end parts of the middle portion 35 of the divided roller 35 are directly in front of the partitions 38, while the outer portions 36 36 of the divided roller 36 are directly behind the partitions 37. It will be noted that the partitions 38 correspond in position with the spaces 5* ofthe block ,5 shown in Fig 6, while the partitions 37 correspond with the spaces 6 of the block 6 shown in Fig. 7.

In using the machine described to print the rug design shown in Fig. 1, the blocks 1, 2 are secured to the block carriers X X the blocks 3, 4 to the'carriers X X and the blocks 5, 6 to the carriers X X. The troughs of the carriages Y Y and the outer portions of the trough of the carriage Y are filled with paint of one of the colors 7 to be used in the border, while the paint of the other border color is placed in the troughs of the carriages Y Y and the end port-ions of the trough; of. the carriage Y.

Paints of the two colors to be used in the .field of the rug are placed in the middle portions of the carriages Y Y. The regulatlng mechanisms 29 are then adjusted so as to cause the blocks 1 and 2. (on. the carriers X ,-X ),and 3 and 4i (on the carriers X X) l. to make-registering impressionsbon spaced Zones of-the strip, and to causethe blocks 5 and 6 (on the carriers X X to make registering impressions on the remain :ing zones of the, strip. It ,Will be readily understood that when the machine is soar- 1 ranged and adjusted, it is adapted automaticallyv to carryout the first specific method described, and to print therug design shown in Flg. 1;"

In using the machine to; print the rug des1gn showninFig. 8, the blocks 7, 10, 9, 8, 11 and-12may be secured to the block carriers Ka -X in theorderstated." Paint of the color to be used in the border is then placed in the end portions of the troughs of the. carriages Y andY and in-the trough of the carriage Y Paint of :the colortto be used. for the end-border figureand the center figure isplaced-in the central portion of the trough of the carriage Yfiwhile-paint, ofthe color to be used for the field figures is placed in, the central portion-of the troughiof the,

X ,.'X3,'X to print on'alternate zonesof the strip, and'theblocks 7, 11 and 12 (on the carriers X "Xfl-X) to print on each fourth zone of the strip, the timing being such as to produce the proper registering, hereinbefore described. It is apparent that when the machine is so arranged, it is adapted automatically to carry out the second specific method described, and to print the rug design shown in Fig.8.

I wish it clearly understood that the invention is by no means limited to the specific methods and machine, which have been described in detail merely for the purpose of illustrating the carrying out of the invention.

hat I claim is: p e

1. The method of printing bordered rug designs on a strip of floor covering, which comprises applying a color across spaced zones of the strip to form end borders, applying the same color and another color in spaced positions across an intermediate zone of the strip at a single impress-ion to form side borders and field figures, and applying a color to the spaces between said side borders and field figures at another impression.

2. The method of printing designs on a longitudinally moved strip, which comprises the simultaneous application of different colors in spaced positions across thestrip while the'strip is in one position, and the application of a color to the space between said difi'erent colors when. the stripv is in another position. 7

3. The method of printing designs on a longitudinally moved strip, which comprises the simultaneous application of different colors in more than two spaced positions across the 'strip while the strip is in one position, and the application of other different colors to the-spaces between the first different colors when the strip is in another position.

4. The improvement in the art of printing bordered rug designs on a strip of floor covering in a block printing machine, which consists in utilizing the middle portions of the side-border blocks to print a field of colors different from those of the side border, by supplying to the middle portions of such blocks printing media of colors different from those'supplied to their end portions 5. The improvement in the art of printing bordered rug designs on a strip of floor covering in a block printing machine, which conslsts in utilizing the middle portion of a side-border block to print a field. of a color different from that of the side border, by

forming on said block figures spaced inward from. its side-border figures, supplying to the middle portion of the block containing such figures a printing medium of a color different from that supplied to the side-border figures of the block, making an impression from said block, and fillingthe spaces between the impressions of the field figures and access? side-border figures by the impression of anotherblock.

6. In a. block printing machine having means for feeding a strip longitudinally and intermittently, and a series of block printing units extending across the strip, the combination of a unit having a block with spaced raised printing surfaces at different CllStanCGSfI'Ol11 the. center line of the strip and means for supplying different printing media to said printing surfaces, another unit having a block with raised printing surfaces positioned inline with the spaces be tween the printing surfaces of thefirst block and means for supplying printing medium to said printing surface, and timin means to cause said'uiiits to operatesuccessively on the same zones of the strip.

7 A block printing machine, as described in claim 6, lIlWlliCll the'printing media supr plying means of the first unit comprises a transverse trough containing partitions in line with the spaces between the printing surfaces of the-block of this unit and a roller in the trough having its surface interrupted at said partitions.

8 A block printing machine, as described in claim 6, 'in which the printing media supplying means of each of the two units comprises a trough having partitions therein and a divided. roller in said trough, the partitions in one trough being out of line with those in the other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

GEORGE PRIFOLD. 

